Recipe: at dinner Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry)

Recipe: at dinner Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry). Kalo Jeere Diye Patla Macher Jhol. A very light curry with black onion seeds or kalonji and enjoyed with rice in lunch or dinner. Chopped vegetables like brinjal or parwal may be added but optional.

Here is the summer fish stew that I was talking about in my previous posts on B engali summer lunch - essential fish thali.

The fertile swamps of Gangetic deltaic plains is crisscrossed with numerous rivers and their tributaries which ensures the abundance of piscean fauna in the region.

Onion seeds (kalonji/mangrel/kalo jeera): ¼ tsp.

You can have Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry) using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry)

1. You need 4-5 pieces of rohu fish.

2. It’s 1 tsp of turmeric.

3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.

4. You need To taste of salt.

5. Prepare 3 tbsp of mustard oil.

6. You need 2 tbsp of tomato puree.

7. It’s 1 tbsp of chopped coriander.

8. It’s 2-3 of slit green and red chillies.

9. It’s 1 1/2 cup of water.

10. You need 1/4 of th tsp kalonji (nigella).

Method: Marinate the fish with half of the salt and turmeric powder.

Let the mustard oil be very hot, then add the fish pieces in batches.

In the same pan, add the onion seeds.

This is a quick and easy Bengali fish curry with a few ingredients for the everyday meal.

Kalo Jeere diye Rui Maacher Tel Jhol(Kalonji Rohu fish curry) step by step

1. Marinate fish with little salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric for 5 minutes.Heat mustard oil fuming hot and fry the pieces both sides golden brown..

2. If using brinjal or parwal fry the sliced pieces also.Sprinkle kalonji and when it splutters add tomato puree,turmeric,red chilli powder and salt.Toss and add the fried fish.Add water and boil for 3 minutes.Make the gravy as per requirement but neither too thick or thin.Add slit chillies and garnish with chopped coriander.Serve with a plate of steaming hot rice..

The combination of tempering and spices add nice flavor into the dish.

Puree or finely chop two medium tomatoes of good quality.

Saute till they become a fine pulp, kind of mushy and you see the oil seeping out on the edges.

Kalo Jeere Diye Maach: Fish Curry in Nigella Flavored Spicy Sauce.

A laid back Sunday lunch be like this - Tangra maacher chorchori pyenjkoli-begun diye or jhal / jhol gorom Bhaat diye which literally translates to cat fish curry with green onions and eggplants served on bed of steamed rice.